I couldn't find this discussed in the archives. One way of using SSH with POP is to run ssh as follows then point the POP client at localhost:11110. $ ssh -C -f user@host -L 11110:host:110 sleep 100000000 Unfortunately, if the host or network goes down, ssh exits, and another user of localhost could attach a POP server to port 11110 and catch your POP password. One solution might be to make ssh keep the local port and keep running even if the connection is broken. Would this be a useful option? (By the way, "-f" seems to be ignored by openssh when using version 2 of the protocol, and "-f -N" gives the error "Cannot fork into background without a command to execute". Why not?) I'm not subscribed; please copy replies to me. Edmund
